Ausjet Inkjet & Laser Supplies Blog
New Products 18th July 2013
Replacement Cartridge Chips
HP932XL/933XL and HP950XL/951XL Series have created issues when you attempt to refill the setup cartridges and the steps that end users have to go through when they try to override the original chip when installing a refilled cartridge. We are pleased to announce the release of these new chips for these cartridges that solve the above problems.
Fill with Sensient premium pigment inks using S.M.A.R.T patented technology and add a new chip and away you go.
New Chips :
HP 932XL Bk
HP 933XL C
HP 933XL M
HP 933XL Y
HP 950XL Bk
HP 951XL C
HP 951XL M
HP 951XL Y
For our complete list of replacement chips, resetters and cartridge testers click here.
New Wide Format Inkjet Cartridges
We have expanded our range of the Ausjet Wide Format Cartridge Series to include the following cartridges :
Ausjet PIGMENT PFI-701 Cartridges for Canon 8000s / 9000s / 8000 / 9000
(Blue, Cyan, Green, Magenta, Photo Cyan, Photo Magenta, Red, Yellow Cartridges)
Ink Volume : 700ml per cartridge
Ausjet PIGMENT PFI-701/702 Cartridges for Canon IFP-8100 / 9100
(PFI 701 Blue, Cyan, Green, Magenta, Photo Cyan, Photo Magenta, Red, Yellow)
(PFI-702 Black, Gray, Matt Black, Photo Gray)
Ink Volume : 700ml per cartridge
For the complete listing of our PFI series cartridges for Canon wide format printers click here.
Ausjet PIGMENT and UV DYE T5651 Series cartridges for Epson Stylus Pro 4800
(T5651 Photo Black, T5652 Cyan, T5653 Magenta, T5654 Yellow, T5655 Light Cyan, T5656 Light Magenta, T5657 Light Black, T5659 Light Light Black Cartidges)
Ink Volume : 220ml per cartridge
These cartridges are designed as a true plug and play replacement for the original cartridges. The USA formulated ink ensures reliability, high print quality and fade resistance that the printing professional demands.
New Ausjet Professional Colour Series Cartridges
We have a new range of replacement cartridges for the Epson 273XL series with quality German colourants. The dye set provides an excellent colour match to the OEM cartridges. These cartridges feature the latest chip technology.
Ausjet 273XL Cartridges
Ink Volume:
273 Black Dye XL: 21ml
273 Cyan Dye XL: 12ml
273 Magenta Dye XL: 12ml
273 Yellow Dye XL: 12ml
273 Photo Black Dye XL: 12ml
We have also released the highly demanded Ausjet Canon PGI-650 / Cli-651XL cartridges. They feature a high grade pigment black for the PGI-650 and dye colourant set for the cli-651XL cartridges. The same pigment/dye combination the OEM's use. These cartridges feature the latest chip technology.
Ausjet PGI-650XL / CLI-651XL Series
Ink Volume:
Pgi-650XL Pigment Black: 23.5ml
Cli-651Xl Dye Cyan: 12.5ml
Cli-651XL Dye Magenta: 12.5ml
Cli-651Xl Dye Yellow: 12.5ml
Cli-651Xl Dye Black: 12.5ml
New Premium Toner Cartridge for Fuji Xerox Printers P255DW/M255Z
A new product that has just arrived in our warehouse is the Ausjet CT201918 Cartridge. The Cartridge is rated at 2.5K (2500 pages) and designed to work with the Fuji Xerox Docuprint P255DW and M255Z printers.
For our complete list of toner cartridges for the Fuji Xerox range click here.
New Product : Ausjet PGI-650XL\CLI-651XL
The Ausjet Professional Colour Series PGI-650XL/CLI-651XL cartridge series are now in stock.
Unlike most other aftermarket PGI-650XL black cartridges ours contain a high grade black pigment ink for sharp, dark and clear printing. The other advantage of the pigment black ink is that it has a high resistance to smudging on the page and is waterfast and UV resistant (like the OEM),
The CLI-651XL cartridges contain a bright, vibrant dye ink which is an excellent colour match to the OEM. The quality of the german based colourant inside these cartridges ensures a good quality print with the colours your customers expect.
All the above cartridges contain the newly released chip which ensures that these cartridges will be compatible with existing printer models and that correct ink levels will be displayed.
Product Information
Packaging : Ausjet Professional Colour Series retail box.
SKU : PC-PGI-650BXL
Ink Volume : 23.5ml
Ink Type : Pigment Black
SKU : PC-CLI-651CXL
Ink Volume : 12.5ml
Ink Type : Dye Cyan
SKU : PC-CLI-651MXL
Ink Volume : 12.5ml
Ink Type : Dye Magenta
SKU : PC-CLI-651YXL
Ink Volume : 12.5ml
Ink Type : Dye Yellow
SKU : PC-CLI-651BKXL
Ink Volume : 12.5ml
Ink Type : Dye Black
SKU : PC-CLI-651GYXL
Ink Volume : 12.5ml
Ink Type : Dye Grey
Compatible Printers :
Canon Pixma IP7260, Pixma MG5460, Pixma MG6360, Pixma MX726, Pixma MX926
Note : Pixmas MG6360 (Is the only printer that uses the grey cartridge)
Technical Bulletin 30th April 2013
HP Officejet Pro-X Released in Australia
In previous technical bulletins we mentioned the exciting new inkjet pagewide printers that HP was bringing to market. This technology advance allows these printers to have world leading desktop printer speeds. This is due to the fact that the printhead is the whole width of the paper which means the paper is the only part that moves.
With many new advances in technology we are not always sure as to know whether the product will actually make it to market. The good news is that the Officejet Pro-X series printers are available now in Australia. Prices starting from RRP $599.00 for the printer and $799.00 for the multifuction units. Cost per copy has been touted at much lower than laser.
More information can be found at the HP website :
http://www8.hp.com/au/en/campaigns/officejet-pro-x/overview.html?jumpid=ex_r10104_au/en/hho/ipg/google/officejetprox/20130328&tafcjnef=fy12&k_clickid=APJ|14|67176|2e73fce3-650c-6a48-0bca-000041fc90bb
Differences between Firmware Versions and Printer Drivers
I'm sure everybody is aware that firmware changes over the last few years have caused many problems for aftermarket chip manufacturers. It's the bugbear in our industry, the one where we all look like we have egg on our face.
The dreaded return of a cartridge due to an incompatible chip and firmware version is not the best feeling. I often think I'm an extra from Star Trek as quite often I'm thinking to myself 'that's not logical'. I can tell you I'm not Vulcan but all these firmware updates and changes to cartridge designs is making me feel a little green at times.
For those not familiar with the term firmware it is essentially the software inside the printer. This differs from the 'printer driver' which is the software installed on your computer that sends the information to the printer.
Firmware updates can happen automatically or need to be manually downloaded depending on the printer brand and the printer drivers settings. Generally speaking we would recommend instructing your customer not to download any firmware updates unless they are experiencing some sort of issues with their machine.
The reason we recommend this is that firmware updates have caused some aftermarket chips to stop working. One moment the cartridge is working the next moment after the update the cartridge goes "belly up" and is about as useful as a boat anchor. There was a case a few years back where an automatic firmware update prevented thousands of customers in another country from printing. This is an extreme case but it just shows you the possible effects we all face from updates etc.
Luckily this firmware issue is only a problem with a few cartridge models at this time. The majority of the cartridges in our market are problem free.
Aftermarket Samsung MLT-D101 Cartridge.
I'm not aware of any aftermarket chip manufacturers claiming they manufacture a chip compatible with all printer firmware versions assocated with this cartridge. Therefore the chance of a an error upon installation is higher than other models. So what we have decided to do is to include on this cartridge a chip which is compatible with the very latest firmware update. Therefore if you install the cartridge and the chip is not recognised we ask you to update the firmware on this printer model. Updating the firmware model will actually allow the cartridge to work in this instance.
Updated HP61 Cartridges
Starting in May 2012 HP changed the HP61 and 61XL ink cartridges. The updated cartridges are compatible with all printer models. The Cartridges available before May 2012 will not be compatible with some printers and MFP printers released in 2013.
Have a look at the link below from HP. It will show you how to distinguish between the old generation cartridge and the new one. http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=au&lc=en&dlc=en&docname=c03370748
Ausjet Professional Colour 273XL Cartridges Coming Soon
Following on the release of the Ausjet 200XL the Ausjet 273XL series is on it's way. The Epson 273XL series is a five colour individual ink set using a pigment black and dye cyan, magenta, yellow and photo black inks. It's the first time Epson has released this 5 colour series with two black cartridges and it's a similar system to the Canon and HP individual tanks in that the pigment black is designed for text printing, while the photo black is designed for photographic or colour work with the colour dye inks.
The Ausjet 273 inkjet cartridges use a high quality dye series with bright and beautiful colours using high grade colorants from a highly respected German colourant company. These cartridges have 21mls of ink in each cartridge. The cartridges are suitable for the Epson XP-600, XP-700 and XP-800 printers.
Ausjet vs the Bunny!
Although we don't really promote our Ausjet cartridges as a refillable product. Seems one of our customers is having tremendous results.
News recently passed into my hands is that one customer has filled the Pgi-520 Cli-521 Ausjet series cartridges 20 times. It's a great testimony to the overall cartridge design and Sensient ink that is allowing these cartridges to just keep going on and on and on......
So I ask you who would win the Ausjet Cartridge or the Bunny? You know that Bunny, the one that is given a certain type of battery and keeps going on and on and on....
I hope this information has been helpful to you.
Shane
Ausjet 200XL Cartridges Now Available
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| Introducing the latest addition to the non original Ausjet Professional Colour Series. The 200XL series will soon be the next HOT selling range of inkjet cartridges from Epson. The non original Ausjet Professional Colour 200XL individual ink tanks are suitable for the following Epson printers and MFP : WorkForce WF2510, WF2520, WF2530, WF2540, XP100, XP200, XP300 and XP400. 200XL Black Sku : PE-200XLB Ink Volume : 17.5ml Ink Type : High grade dye based ink using German colorant technology |
200XL Cyan Sku: PE-200XLC Ink Volume : 16ml Ink Type : High grade dye based ink using German colorant technology |
200XL Magenta Sku: PE-200XLM Ink Volume : 16ml Ink Type : High grade dye based ink using German colorant technology |
200XL Yellow Sku: PE-200XLY Ink Volume : 16ml Ink Type : High grade dye based ink using German colorant technology |
New HP02 Refillable Cartridges
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New HP02 refillable cartridges with Auto Reset Chip* Sku : REFHP-02SET * Cartridges are supplied in a set of 6 cartridges in an empty form. |
Pre-order your Flatbed Printer now!
For further information on the pricing and the full list of printable consumables please contact your Ausjet Account Manager.
Changes to HP02 Refillable Cartridges
| Important: Recently we have been informed that our ever popular HP02 refillable cartridge series have been changed. The change prevents the chip from being reset and therefore prevents the product from being refilled. They can still be sold as a high capacity compatible cartridge. The image below shows a picture of the new chip which is a half size chip and unable to be reset. Older versions of the cartridge with the full size chip can still be reset and refilled successfully |
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| Good news: We have sourced another range of refillable cartridges which is transparent, easy to fill and has an ARC chip. ARC (Auto reset chip) of this type resets the ink levels to full every time the cartridge is installed and the printer is turned on. So it eliminates the need for a resetter! We also have have a great range of remanufactured HP02 cartridges available! |
Toner Prices Slashed
There has never been a better opportunity to purchase these SKUs.
Brother
DR3000 Drum unit
TN8000
Canon
Cart W
Dell
1320 Colour Series
2150 Colour Series
3130 Colour Series
5110 Colour Series
HP
Q1338
C3903A
C3906A
CE390X
C4096A
C4127X
C4129X
C5942A
Q6511A
Q6511X
Q7516A
C8061X
92298A
Q3960 Colour Series
CE410 Colour Series
CE250 Colour Series
CE260 Colour Series
CB400 Colour Series
Q6470 Colour Series
Q7560 Colour Series
Konica Minolta
1600 Colour Series
Kyocera
TK100
TK110
TK120
TK144
TK18
TK310
TK320
TK354
TK410
TK65
TK50
TK544 Colour Series
TK584 Colour Series
Lexmark
E250
C500 Colour Series
C5220 Colour Series
Oki
B410
B4350
C710 Colour Series
C5800 Colour Series
C5600 Colour Series
C8600 Colour Series
C3300 Colour Series
Samsung
ML1640
ML2250
ML3050
D103L
D205L
D208L
ML2150
SCX6320
SCX4720
SCX4725
300 Colour Series
406 Colour Series
409 Colour Series
504 Colour Series
609 Colour Series
Xerox
CWAA0758
CWAA0713
CWAA0747
1190 Colour Series
2100 Colour Series
6360 Colour Series
Ausjet Advantage
* We have volume discounts on a lot of product
* We don't charge transaction fees on credit cards
* Pay cash (EFT) and receive a 5% discount on the above skus valid until end of February
Merry Christmas and Closing Dates
Ausjet Inkjet & Laser Supplies would like to take this opportunity to wish you a very happy and safe Christmas and hope that 2013 will prove to be your best year ever!
Thank you all for your support during 2012!
We are closing for a short break from close of business Friday 21st December and will be back on January 2nd 2013.
Statements were sent out earlier today & Sue (Accounts Dept.) would really appreciate your accounts being paid before the end of December., especially if you are closing and only coming back to work on the 7th January.
And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store? What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more?
Dr Seuss
The Ausjet Team
New Products 13th November 2012
Introducing the new range of high quality replacement chips for OEM inkjet cartridges at cost effective pricing.
Benefits
- No more overriding printers by pressing a combination of buttons that confuses your customer.
- No longer do you need to worry if the cartridge will work in the customers printer, MFC or Fax machine.
- Printer will detect the cartridge as been a new cartridge.
- Offer a solution that your competitors can't.
- 100% full ink levels are restored
- Ink levels are adjusted depending on the printing just like the OEM
- Ink low warning messages and ink out messages are displayed just like the OEM.
- Tested on Australian printer models.
Replacement Inkjet Chips
HP564XL Series
Black , Cyan , Magenta, Yellow, Photo Black
( With more and more problems related to the expiry date of the OEM chip. This is an affordable and essential solution!)HP920XL Series
Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
( Like the HP564XL OEM chip the HP920XL has the same expiry date problem. Replace the OEM chip with the Ausjet Replacement! )HP940XL Series
Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
(With Sensient Pigment inks and Ausjet HP940XL chips its a perfect solution!)
HP 88XL Series
Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
( Affordable solution for remanufacturing the HP88 and HP88XL ink tanks. )
Lexmark 100XL 'A' Series
Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
( This is the only solution to remanufacture the Lexmark 100XL series cartridges. We have the 'A' chip which can also be reused with a printer override. )
Technical Bulletin 8th November 2012
Below is some thoughts and news from the CEFIX Conference and Tradeshow :
LED Laser Printers design
The advantage LED laser printers have over traditional laser printers is really the LPH (LED Print head). The LPH uses a self focussing lens and has no moving parts. The LPH rated reliability is 50,000 hours! This is one of the reasons Okidata offer a 3 year warranty as standard. They claim it's the best warranty available in the market place. It's been stated that with LPH technology higher resolutions and smaller dot sizes are possible .
A Mr Bobo Wang who works for Aetas technology has made it his life long goal to make the smallest highest quality printer. He believes he has achieved this and has further increased the technology and quality of the LPH. The other big advantage is that the cost of the LPH had been reduced to about $10 USD to manufacture.
Fuji-Xerox has also developed new advances with the technology and the word was that they will be licensing their technology to other manufacturers. Is seems the LED is the future replacement for laser printer because of lower manufacturing costs and an increase in quality and reliable. It is strange that the other big players have not signed up to LED which begs the question what do the OEM printer manufacturers have up their sleeves? What cards are they still yet to play? Time will tell.
Managed Print Services (MPS)
The buzz word is still 'managed print services' but at the conference they asked who had fully implemented this service. Their was only 5 hands out of about 200 attendees. The problem I have found over the years is that nobody is correctly explaining how it all works. It basically has come out of the copier industry and the most important word is 'service'. It incorporates a cost per page system but that is only half of what its all about. It's a system where you negotiate with the customer a cost per page based on the printers they have, this includes servicing the printer and providing the consumables.
Its a contract you agree with the customer and might include bringing in new printers or rearranging printers. It's not something you can get into overnight but the advantages can be tremendous for those that invest in it. It is typically aimed at multiple printer installations. From all accounts the OEM's are streets ahead in implementing this strategy. Those resellers that have customers will multiple installation should seriously consider how they are going to protect their business by beating the OEM's to the punch.
Worldwide General Printing Declining but is it our Silver Cloud
The reality is that general printing is declining as more and more previously printed magazines, books, advertising etc are now read in a digital format. But the good news is with the digital revolution more and more of the heavy industry is changing. As markets change it creates huge opportunities for those that are savvy and wish to look for the new markets. As we have mentioned on previous technical bulletins a lot of printing system which use to be analogue is changing to digital. New markets such as printing on different substrates, printing on consumer product etc are starting to boom. Every day we hear more and more new unique printing solutions coming to market.
One of the biggest markets is the barcoding and labelling industry. Sensient has a wide range of barcoding and coding inks available for these markets. We have access to these inks, if you have any enquires please contact us.
Smart Phones and Tablets
Recently I have seen an advertisement on television promoting the new iphone 5. The camera has the capability of capturing panoramic photos as you pan around the room. The advertisement then showed the panoramic print framed. This got me wondering, smart phone / tablet sales are really exploding and will this be a driving force for home printing again. It's obvious that printer manufacturers are making it easier to print direct from your smart phone / tablet to their latest printers.
Printing your emails direct from your phone, tablet, laptop computer to your printer with (Eprint) is another recent innovation that makes printing easy. You need an Eprint enabled printer which is a printer connected to the internet with a special dedicated email address. Send an email to the printers email address and it prints out automatically. You could be anywhere in the world and the pages would just print.
Every smart phone or tablet released has a in-built camera. The world has never had so many camera's in people's hands. But will the new advancements in technnology rejuvenate the home photo printing market? It's a question for those smarter than myself, but with anything if it's easy it's more likely people will use it.
OEMs Protecting Their Products
One of the OEM's at the conference gave a presentation on their approach to protecting their brand by removing counterfeit cartridges and patent-infringing products from the market place. They are also constantly investigating the misuse of their trademarks. It was a very interesting presentation in the sense that it's very important to see things from an OEM perspective.
They are well and truly active in purchasing cartridges from around the world to inspect for patent-infringing or counterfeit use. A common way they do this is to order products from a number of sources including online stores. With more and more industry news related to patent-infringing products and trademark issues it's important to be aware!
How to Become a Famous Chef Overnight
During our stay in Zhuhai we discovered a a nice western style restaurant area along the river. We heard rave reviews about an authentic Italian restaurant in the same area. Accompanied by another Australian we headed out to dinner for some authentic Italian pizza in 'China'.
After the dinner the owner of the business approached Dermot and asked him if he was this world famous Chef. Apparently they had seen him the day before and had been curious ever since. A double life or a coincidence I will let you decide!
Technical Bulletin 6th November 2012
Cefix Conference and Exhibition Zhuhai, China (Part 1)
During the days of the 23rd to the 27th of September Dermot Murtagh (the big cheese) and I attended the CEFIX conference, CEFIX Trade Show and afterwards took time to visit a number of manufacturing factories. We attended these events to
• Educate ourselves and network with other buyers and suppliers
• Research industry trends
• Find solutions for remanufacturing problems
• Learn about new cartridges which will hit the market soon.
• Discuss Important points with our manufacturers
• Visit factories to inspect quality procedures.
Our first call of port was the Conference on the 23rd which was a one day event featuring presentations from the following industry leaders:
Art Diamond (Diamond Research Corporation)
Dr Edul N. Dalal (Xerox Fellow, Xerox Corporation)
Andrew Gardner (Worldwide Brand Protection Manager, Lexmark)
Dr Xiaoying Rong (California Polytechynic State University)
Jan de Kesel (In-Map) Bobo Wang (Aetas Technology – new LED printer technology)
Kennard S Cloud (Pantum – Worldwide Product Manager)
Denny Henger (CCID Consulting – Deputy General Manager)
From the 24th to 26th September we attended the
CEFIX Trade Show
For the 6th year running Remax Asia Pacific's annual international trade show for the cartridge remanufacturing industry broke previous records. The Zhuhai event attracted almost 10,000 visitors from 85 countries around the globe. There were 425 exhibitors at the massive Zhuhai Airshow Centre which was located 2-2.5 hours away by shuttle bus depending on traffic which at times was horrific.
The general concensus from visitors and manufacturers was that it wasn't as good as previous years. I was surprised to hear there was nearly 10,000 attendees as it seemed less crowded than in previous years. A lot of the exhibitors also mentioned that it wasn't as busy as the previous year. Which made me think that next time I will have to look out for that one visitor that visited the show 3000 times! I have this image in my mind of a guy walking in and out of the show constantly for three days. Stranger things have happened in this world!
Zhuhai and other nearby cities are considered the worlwide epi-centre of the aftermarket consumables industry. You could spend a lot of time in this area visiting the hundreds of factories related to the printer consumables industry.
Manufacturers of these products were at the CEFIX
Cartridge remanufacturers
Chip and chip resetter manufacturers
Toner component manufacturers
Inkjet Ink manufacturers
Toner powder manufacturers
New and remanufactured aftermarket inkjet cartridges
New and remanufactured aftermarket toner cartridges
CISS Manufacturers
Dye Sublimation
Coated Paper Manufacturers
Packing products
Toner and Inkjet filling Machinery
Refillable Cartridge
Manufacturers Printer Manufacture
New Cartridges
Canon has released new individual inkjet ink cartridges in the USA. We expect them here shortly. The model numbers in the USA are
550 Bk (15mls) 551 C, M, Y, GY, BK (7ml per cartridge)
550XL Bk (22mls)
551XL C, M, Y, GY, BK (11ml per cartridge)
It also has a change in design with the chip it now uses a FCB (flexible circuit board) rather than a PCB (printed circuit board).
In previous technical bulletins we mentioned about the new Epson XP Inkjet Printers that had been released in Japan. They have been now released in Australia and the cartridge models are : 200 Bk, C, M, Y 200XL Bk, C, M, Y 273 Bk, C, M, Y, PBK 273XL Bk, C, M, Y, PBK
The entry level printer Expression Home XP-100 starts at RRP $69.00
I had a quick look at these new 200 and 273 cartridges in China. They have a unique outlet port which is a rubber membrane, ink is held within the cartridge but once the membrane is touched ink passes through it.
Chips and Chip Resetters
With chip technology and firmware updates becoming part and part of this industry. We are always on the look out for resetting solutions for OEM cartridges. When this solution isn't available we need to provide the most stable and firmware change resistant chips we can provide.
We are currently investigating new chip resetting solutions. Recently we have just released our Canon 3 in 1 chip resetter which resets compatible and OEM chips for the Generation 1,2 and 3 canon chips (5,8s,520,521s,525,526s).
We also have the stick on chips for PG37/40/50/510/512 and CL38/41/511/513 cartridges. The only solution for Australian New Zealand region for restoring the ink levels and improving remanufactured cartridge compatibility on these models.
We are currently investigating other unique solutions.
Booths
We spent three full days visiting the booths and discussing various new products. We always believe quality is our highest priority and we do go the extra mile and are always looking for ways to continually improve our products and find new innovative solutions. During November and December we hope to release many new products that are currently under lock and key.
A Miracle in Zhuhai
Zhuhai is a warm city at the best of times. But on one particular day at the CEFIX it seemed that the air-conditioning was on the blink. It was extremely unpleasant for all and even the locals were struggling and starting to wither! Towards the end of the day I was really starting to feel it, no amount of water seemed to quench the thirst.
At first I thought it was a mirage, between the many exhibitors I spotted something. Could it be true? It was one of the most beautiful things I had ever seen. Maybe it was my dehydrated weary state but I thought I could see 'cold beer on tap'. But Yes! It was true a booth with cold beer on tap. We can tell you it went down well, the Belgium guy on the bar stool next to me seemed also to be enjoying it. By his demeanour I could see he had being settled for a while.
Look out for Part 2 of this Technical Bulletin on Thursday the 8th of November.
